Rathbones Folio prize
NoViolet Bulawayo and Margo Jefferson join ‘exciting’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist
The newly formatted prize will, for the first time, name winners in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and the shortlist includes writers from across the world
Sarah Shaffi
31, Jan, 2023 @7:45 PM
The Guardian view on book prizes: don’t forget the children | Editorial
Editorial: In a changing awards landscape, fiction for young readers should not be left out in the cold
Editorial
27, Jul, 2022 @5:25 PM
Rathbones Folio prize ‘refreshing format’ to expand to three categories
Winners for fiction, nonfiction and poetry will each receive £2,000 and then compete for the overall £30,000 award
Sarah Shaffi
26, Jul, 2022 @2:33 PM
Irish novelist Colm Tóibín wins Rathbones Folio prize for The Magician
Fictionalised biography of writer Thomas Mann beats Booker prize-winner Damon Galgut to £30,000 award
Lucy Knight
22, Mar, 2022 @7:30 PM
Damon Galgut and Colm Tóibín join ‘rich and large’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist
Galgut’s Booker winner and Tóibín’s fictionalised biography of Thomas Mann are two of eight titles selected by the judges
Alison Flood
09, Feb, 2022 @7:30 PM
Rathbones Folio prize paid £30,000 to scammers posing as the winner
‘Sophisticated cyber-criminals’ took Valeria Luiselli’s winnings, though a similar fraud attempt on the Baillie Gifford prize was foiled
Sian Cain
15, Apr, 2021 @11:10 AM
Monique Roffey leads strong showing for indies on Rathbones Folio shortlist
The Costa winner is up for award honouring the best work of literature regardless of genre, alongside many other titles from small presses
Alison Flood
10, Feb, 2021 @7:20 PM
Valeria Luiselli wins £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize for third novel
Mexican author awarded prize for her acclaimed novel Lost Children Archive in a digital-only ceremony streamed on Twitter
Alison Flood
23, Mar, 2020 @7:30 PM
Rathbones Folio prize: Zadie Smith makes female-dominated shortlist
Eight books in contention for £30,000 award that has never been won by a woman include Zadie Smith’s story collection Grand Union and poet Fiona Benson’s Vertigo & Ghost
Alison Flood
25, Feb, 2020 @7:20 PM
Raymond Antrobus becomes first poet to win Rathbones Folio prize
The Perseverance, using the writer’s experience of deafness to explore human communication, was praised by judges as ‘exceptionally brave and kind’
Alison Flood
20, May, 2019 @6:35 PM
Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile by Alice Jolly review – a lyrical tour de force
This rolling free-verse epic charts the life of a 19th-century servant in rural Gloucestershire during a period of political upheaval
Jude Cook
01, May, 2019 @8:00 AM
Anna Burns and Sally Rooney on Rathbones Folio prize longlist
Booker winner Milkman and Normal People, which took the Costa novel award, among 20 contenders for the £30,000 prize
Richard Lea
18, Mar, 2019 @4:18 PM
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